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Editorial – A Well Kept Watch
South Yorkshire Times, December 2nd 1944
A Well Kept Watch
On Sunday the Home Guard formally “stands down.” In the critical days which followed the Dunkirk...
War Welfare Fund Fayre – Bouquet for MRs Baker
South Yorkshire Times, December 2nd 1944
War Welfare Fund Fayre - Kilnhurst Effort for Service Men and Women
Mrs. Baker accepting a bouquet from Doreen Whaley....
War Welfare Fund Fayre – Kilnhurst Effort for Service Men and Women
South Yorkshire Times, December 2nd 1944
War Welfare Fund Fayre
Kilnhurst Effort for Service Men and Women
Enthusiasm ran high at Kilnhurst yesterday (Thursday), where, at the...
Soldier – Stamper H. – Promoted in India.
South Yorkshire Times, July 24, 1943
Promoted in India.
Here is a picture of company quartermaster Sergeant H. Stamper, whose wife lives at 7, Charles Street,...
Editorial – Hard Pounding
South Yorkshire Times, November 25th 1944
Hard Pounding
General Eisenhower, like Wellington at Waterloo, is seeing who can pound longer. It is a test of many...
Airman – Taylor, Charles – R.A.F. Commission
South Yorkshire Times, November 25th 1944
R.A.F. Commission
The first Kilnhurst lad to receive his “wings” in the R.A.F. has now become the first to be...
Editorial – Well Begun
South Yorkshire Times - Saturday 17 July 1943
Well Begun
The Second Front, about which so much has been said and written, particularly since Mr. Churchill...
Obituary – George Pearson
South Yorkshire Times, November 18th 1944
Obituary
Only nine weeks after the death of his wife, the death occurred suddenly last Thursday of Mr. George Pearson...
Warren Vale Closing – Manvers and Kilnhurst Taking Workers
South Yorkshire Times, March 20, 1943
Warren Vale Closing
Manvers and Kilnhurst Taking Workers
The Warren Vale Collier between Swinton and Rawmarsh is to close on Saturday...
“Salute Week” Plaques for Swinton and Kilnhurst
South Yorkshire Times, November 4th 1944
“Salute Week” Plaques for Swinton and Kilnhurst
Plaques to commemorate the success of “Salute the Soldier” Week were received on...
Cadet Week at Swinton – Over £50 Already Raised
South Yorkshire Times, November 11th 1944
Swinton Army Cadet Corps Wall Scale
A wall-scaling demonstration by members of the Swinton Army Cadet Corps, given as part...
Editorial – Election in the Air
South Yorkshire Times, November 4th 1944
Election in the Air
Since it seems that sooner or later we must resign ourselves to a resumption of the...
Marconigrams, October 28th, 1944
South Yorkshire Times, October 28th 1944
Marconigrams
Wath Main Colliery Co. have declared an interim dividend of 3%.
In order to obtain funds for recreational and social...
Editorial – Root and Branch
South Yorkshire Times, October 21st 1944
Root and Branch
If Hitler and Himmler have their way the war will go on for a good deal yet,...
Father Christmas by Helicopter !
South Yorkshire Times, September 5, 1970
Father Christmas by Helicopter !
Eyes skyward as the helicopter carrying Father Christmas comes into sight at Kilnhurst Welfare ground...
Airman – Sarjantson, John William – Missing At Arnhem
South Yorkshire Times, October 21st 1944
Missing At Arnhem
Staff-Sgt. Glider Pilot John William Sarjantson (21) has been reported missing following the airborne landing at Arnhem,...
Editorial – “White Paper” On Peace
South Yorkshire Times, October 14th 1944
“White Paper” On Peace
A White Paper on international security. That description seems to fit the report on the Dumbarton...
Nursing Success
South Yorkshire Times, October 7th 1944
Nursing Success
Nurse Nellie Doris Godfrey, third daughter of Mr. and Mrs. H. Godfrey, 14, Beighton Road, Kilnhurst, recently passed...
Editorial – A Winter Campaign?
South Yorkshire Times, October 7th 1944
A Winter Campaign?
With Christmas less than three months away and the Germans still hanging on grimly to their frontier...
The Great Blizzard
South Yorkshire Times March 3, 1933
The Great Blizzard
The severest snowstorm in living memory broke over South Yorkshire on Friday afternoon and continued without intermission...
Accident at Thrybergh Hall – Inquest at Conisborough.
Mexborough & Swinton Times - Friday 31 March 1893
Accident at Thrybergh Hall
Inquest at Conisborough.
On Monday, at the Station Hotel, Conisborough, Mr. P. E....
Editorial – A Great Step Forward
South Yorkshire Times, September 30th 1944
A Great Step Forward
Having held the pass for a critical period in this greatest of wars Britain now proposes...
Editorial – The Fight for the Rhine
South Yorkshire Times, September 23rd 1944
The Fight for the Rhine
Since the last war the fact that Germany “gave in too soon” has often been...
Sailor- Fearn, Lawrence – Letter From Monty
South Yorkshire Times, September 23rd, 1944
Letter From Monty
Miss Vera Fearn, “Rookwood,” Rockingham Road, Swinton, has received letters from General Montgomery and General Alexander thanking...